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Collection
Title
Richard J. Dunn Collection - Fighting Texas Aggie Band
Date(s)
- 1922-1970 (Creation)
Extent
18 folders
Name of creator
Biographical history
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Jay Dunn was the Texas A&M College band conductor from 1924-1946. He created many of the Fighting Texas Aggie Band Sheet music including: “The Aggie War Hym” and “Spirit of Aggieland.” Richard J. Dunn studied music from a young age. Later, Richard J. Dunn attended for four years at School of Music at Frank T. Benjamin School in Philadelphia. Richard Jay Dunn enlisted as a bugler in the United States Army and fought during the Spanish-American War. He became bandmaster in the Spanish-American war serving two years in Cuba. Richard Jay Dunn was transferred to the Marine Band in Washington. Colonel Richard Jay Dunn was promoted to Lieutenant in 1918. After his retirement from the army, Colonel Richard Jay Dunn played first Cello with the Indianapolis Peoples Symphony Orchestra under Dr. Paulson. Richard Jay Dunn became headmaster of the Texas A&M Band in 1924. He was a member of the Texas Music Teachers Association and Texas Band Teacher’s Association. Richard J. Dunn died at the age of 80 in Bryan, TX in June 4, 1961.
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Scope and content
This collection contains correspondence from the A&M College Bandmaster Richard J. Dunn. Other items in this collection include infantry music books dating from 1930-50s. The collection also contains original sheet music from the Fighting Texas Aggie Band and legal documents pertaining to Richard J. Dunn's song "Texas Aggie", "Spirit of Aggieland", "The Aggie War Hymn" and other Aggie Sheet music.
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Catagorized loosly by subject.
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unrestricted
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Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Languages of the material
- English
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Archivist's note
Finding Aid Authors: Jenny Reibenspies.
Archivist's note
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Name access points
- Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (Subject)
- Texas A & M University (Subject)